On that day, Joanna became a sensation. It turned out that genuine talent—or what appeared to be—could really overshadow a lot of other things.
Meanwhile, Natalie still hadn''t found Susan.
With no other choice, she went to the security room.
But the answer she got was that the security system was down.
Natalie looked at the staff member''s arrogant attitude, furious but helpless. How could it be such a coincidence that the cameras went down at this exact moment?
Natalie studied the surveinceyout, then the ports, and then looked at the man smoking a cigarette. She couldn''t help but ask, "The video feed just happened to fail right when my friend went missing? What a coincidence, huh?"
The man looked annoyed. "If you think your friend is missing, go file a police report. I said the system is down, so it''s down."
Seeing his attitude, Natalie immediately picked up her phone and dialed.
"Hello? Police department? I''d like to report the head of a mall security room. I believe he conspired with others to kidnap my friend."
The man, who was taking a drag from his cigarette, choked violently on the smoke when he heard her.
He red at Natalie. "You crazy woman, are you insane? What does your friend''s disappearance have to do with me? You''re calling the cops?"
Natalie stared him down. "I''ve checked the duty roster. You were the only one in the security room during that time. The footage from every other period is fine, but the clip from when my friend left has been deleted. Combined with your evasive attitude, who else could it be?"
It was freezing outside; Susan wouldn''t have just wandered off. Her people had searched the entire vicinity and found no trace of her.
There was only one possibility: Susan had been kidnapped, and the man in front of her was an aplice.
"You..." The man was furious, his eyes fixed on Natalie with malice. "Hang up that call right now! Don''t you dare frame me. That''s a crime, you know!"
The man hadn''t expected Natalie to call the police directly.
Natalie''s anger boiled over. She grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and smiled coldly. "If anything happens to my friend, nobody is walking away from this. I''ve got nothing to lose, you think I''m scared of you?"
"You''re a lunatic!" the man spat, almostughing in disbelief.
But Natalie was on the verge of losing her mind with worry.
"Tch! You bitch, you think I''m scared of you just because you''ve got
nothing to lose? You dare use me of kidnapping and call the copa? When they get here and
investigate..."
"Do you really think deleted footage can''t be recovered?"
Natalie cut him off. The man froze He was new and didn''t know much. The person had just given him five thousand dors to step out for a bit. He didn''t know anything else.
He was confused and asked, "What do you mean?"
Natalie replied, "It means the footage can be restored. And you have no way out."
Natalie knew the footage must have been deleted.
This man knew what was going on. That''s why she had called the police. His darting eyes told her everything. When she first came in, she had noticed he didn''t seem to know how to operate theputer.
He was an amateur. That meant someone else had deleted the footage.
She had to restore the video to find Susan.
She had already messaged Luna, telling her she was causing a scene here to make the kidnappers lower their guard.
The man was terrified. He shook his head. "I... I don''t know what you''re talking about."
"Natalie, I''ve already called the manager toe over," Sebastian said.
Natalie heard his voice but didn''t respond. What was he doing here?
Sebastian knew Natalie didn''t want to talk to him. He walked over and looked at the
man.
The arrogant man flinched at Sebastian''s dark,manding aura and quickly took a step back.
Sebastian''s gaze was chilling. "Talk. Who else came into this security room?"
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